Man gets 30 lashes for smoking on Saudi plane

[Naveed Yaseen]

RIYADH: A Sudanese man has been sentenced to 30 lashes for smoking on a domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, local media reported on Monday. The unidentified man had refused to put out his cigarette on the flight to Jeddah from Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Gazette said. He was arrested by police when the aircraft landed in Jeddah and was sentenced to 30 lashes by a local court on Sunday. The man apologised and said he was getting treatment to help him quit smoking, according to the report. afp

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